Marianne Perez de Fransius

Participate in Dreaded Conversations with Ease

Do you ever wish you could take a pill to get through conversations that you know are going to be just awful? Something that would just help you get out all the right words at the right time?

Unfortunately, that pill doesn’t exist, but we’ve come up with the next best thing: a step-by-step methodology to help you get ready for a conversation, carry you through and then review it. It basically boils down to preparing for a dreaded conversation the way you would prepare for an interview.

The “Participate in Dreaded Conversations with Ease” workbook is practical, thorough and well-written. Marianne gives you case studies from personal and professional examples and worksheets that you can fill out directly in the workbook and use over and over again for all your dreaded conversations.

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What others have to say about working with Marianne

Marianne is an expert in peace media, especially peace journalism. For us at the Peace Alliance Foundation, she researched and wrote a white paper on relative costs and benefits of violence and peace in our society and organized an academic roundtable, hosted at Georgetown University, on strategies for creating peace. In sum, Marianne is outstanding as a scholar, peace activist, organizer, and all around human being.

Marianne is a rare find – she’s self directed, highly organized, resourceful, detail oriented and follows through to get the job done (whatever the job may be!) She does it without fuss or drama and collaborates with and manages others easily, efficiently and equitably. She’s passionate about conflict resolution and peacebuilding and brings those principles to bear in all her dealings. I highly, highly recommend Marianne.

Marianne is highly knowledgeable about conflict transformation and group process, and she is skilled in a wide variety of facilitation methods. Marianne plans each program that she leads thoroughly, with careful attention to detail. When teaching and facilitating, she treats each participant with respect and compassion. She balances humility and assertiveness, empowering participants to take ownership of their conversations and learning experiences. She is flexible, responding quickly and creatively to unforeseen developments. Participants in the programs that she conducts benefit greatly from her leadership. She shares power gracefully with co-leaders and provides helpful encouragement and feedback.

Selections from the Blog

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams discusses what has fueled her activism for over 30 years and her latest passions around stopping gender violence and killer robots. Tell me how you got started. My first protest was against US involvement in Vietnam and it awakened me to a different understanding of my country, the US. Read more about Jody Williams – Righteous Indignation with Sparkle[…]

His father is a convicted terrorist, but Zak has chosen to be a peacebuilder. Tell me how you got started. Because of my life story I had been introduced to fanatical ideologies that drive people to commit acts of violence. My own father chose to pursue a life of violence instead of a peaceful life Read more about Zak Ebrahim – Choosing the Path of Peace[…]

A few years ago, I was traveling in Congo and got to thinking, “What are the most peaceful countries in the world?” I really got curious about that question and started doing some research on it, but couldn’t find anything. And I thought if a business man like me can’t find the answer, then there Read more about Steve Killelea – Quantifying Peace[…]

To show that peace is alive and kickin’, Peace is Sexy presents this World Peace Music playlist which includes all new music (i.e. from this millennium and not the 1960s) or lesser heard covers of classics. We’ve included some artists that have already been featured on Peace is Sexy like emma’s revolution, Colby and Awu, Read more about May We All Live in Harmony: World Peace Music Playlist[…]

An open letter to Westerners by Guest Contributor Matthew Johnson Dear Westerners: Muslims and Islam are not the enemy of the West. I wish this statement was without controversy, but with the rising tide of Islamophobia (i.e. irrational fear of Muslims) in the United States and elsewhere, it is clear that it is not. There Read more about Muslims and Islam Are NOT the Enemy of the West[…]

by Robert J. Burrowes, contributor As the world continues to engage in various commemorations in relation to World War I, Australia approaches the centenary anniversary of a defining event in the nation’s history: ANZAC Day. On 25 April 1915, and for many days after, Australia suffered savage losses at Gallipoli in Turkey. Sometimes when we Read more about Robert J. Burrowes on the Legacy of War[…]

by Alice Richmond, Delivery Manager Last month (October 2015), I spoke at a conference in Barcelona on the topic of communicating peacefully with teams and clients. Often the phrase “Peace in Tech” is referring to promoting technology that reduces the need for aggressive and peace disturbing manufacturing processes for hardware. It is so easy to Read more about Alice Richmond – Peace in Tech[…]

Have you seen the names of the world leaders, scientists, entertainers, spiritual leaders, activists and business leaders who are part of Global Oneness Day this year? Global Leaders pick and choose what programs they will participate in and an extraordinary number are gathering on Global Oneness Day, Saturday, October 24th, 2015 to celebrate this “Earth Read more about 40+ World Leaders Joining Global Oneness Day – Just Around Corner[…]

There is a widespread perception that youth are trouble makers. Economists believe a large youth population to be problematic for a country. Police forces (notably in the US) distrust youth and often target youth. Youth are considered to be particularly susceptible to violent extremism. And even governments consider youth as too young and inexperienced to Read more about #youth4peace – Redefining Youth as Peacebuilders[…]

Tell me how you got started. I currently co-direct a social enterprise that works at the intersection of civic engagement, peacebuilding and technology… which I guess is also the intersection of my interests. I started off working in civic engagement: I was a student activist, then worked for the Mayor of London. While I was studying Read more about Helena Puig Larrauri – Building Peace through Technology[…]